For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
JAMES THURBER
The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
More James Thurber Quotes
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For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.
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I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
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Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death… others through sheer inability to cross the street.
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Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
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Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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